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Andes & Pacific, Arica y Parinacota Region

Pisagua nitrate ghost port

Old dump ground, tidal Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: Nitrate-era glass in desert preservation: English beers, German imports..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1870-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Extreme isolation
no services.

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